Welcome to Earth Science Quarter 1
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Notes
These are copies of the Promethean notes used in class. Please be aware that these are BEFORE class discussions and annotations. As you know I adapt my presentation to what we're doing in class so these notes can help you review for class BUT CANNOT REPLACE attending and participating in class.

Small Group Project:FACTS ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES
http://www.great-lakes.net/
http://www.great-lakes.net/

Your assignment will be to create a wiki page about one of the Great Lakes. You will get some classtime to work on this page but you are EXPECTED to also work on this on your own time as homework.

Your page will demonstrate the following skills:
Changing text size, color and type
Inserting lines and tables
Inserting images
Properly citing references
Editing and revising a Wikipage
Determining importance
Time management, fair distribution of work in groups
Writing to inform a general audience.

(no more than 3 people on a page)

Lake Huron1 (Sergio, Cody, Shawna)
Lake Michigan1 (Miguel and Damnian)
Lake Onterio 1 (Teddy, TJ)
Lake Erie 1 (Rachel)
Lake Superior 1 (Rosie)
Lake Huron 2 (Bernice, Taylor )
Lake Erie 2 (Devonna, Tyquisha)
Lake Michigan 2 (Collin, James, Issac, Garry)
Lake Superior 2 (Curtis, Sharron)
Lake Michigan 3 (Josh)
Starting Links for On-Line Research
Harbors along the Great Lakes http://www.lre.usace.army.mil/_kd/go.cfm?destination=Page&Pge_ID=2109Photos of the Great Lakes http://www.ec.gc.ca/grandslacs-greatlakes/default.asp?lang=En&n=386031A0-1Great Lakes Facts and Figures Sheets http://www.great-lakes.net/teach/chatEnvronmental Infromation about the Great Lakes. Some basic info about the history of the Great Lakes. http://www.epa.gov/greatlakes/atlas/Links to profiles about each of the Great Lakes. Click on the lake to go to specific pages about that lake. http://www.glerl.noaa.gov/pr/ourlakes/intro.html Link to the KUSD on-line library resrouces for this project. http://www.kusd.edu/departments/library_media/high.html



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Individual Project

Your final project will be to create an informative wikipage about a topic of your choice related to the Great Lakes. You will get some classtime but you are EXPECTED to also work on this on your own time as homework. This project is to be done individually.

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Possible topics. I will update the list as people select topics.


  • Selling fresh water to other states
  • Invasive species (pick one to describe in detail like zebra mussels or purple loosestrife)
  • Asian Carp
  • Sewage overflows
  • Beach Water Quality
  • Drinking water from great lakes
  • The St Lawrence Seaway
  • Global warming and the Great Lakes
  • Water levels in the Great Lakes
  • Pollution in the Great Lakes (pick oen type to describe in detail like mercury or PCB)
  • Shipping on the Great Lakes
  • Shipwrecks of the Great Lakes (pick one to describe in detail like the Edmond Fitzgerald)